2026-01-12 19:07 UTC
What’s unsettling about calling the #ICE killing of #RenéeGood “another #GeorgeFloyd moment” is how quickly #Black pain gets repackaged into a generic template for “state violence,” especially when the victim is #White. George Floyd’s murder was a specifically anti‑Black terror event in a long history of #racist policing; treating it as a floating metaphor for any shocking killing in Minneapolis feels like Black erasure even when the intent is solidarity.
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@EdSanders@mstdn.social 2026-01-12 20:15
@ErikaSumner When I think of the names of black people I can recall off the top of my head, without really thinking about it, I get sick all over again. Not just George Floyd, Philando Castille, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Michael Stewart. That's off the top of my head, I can't imagine what this is like for people who actually work on this stuff.